The United Nations has so far refused to allow a Taliban representative.
The nine-member UN Credentials Committee has not yet allowed the Taliban ambassador to attend, postponing a decision on Afghanistan’s representation.
The head of a UN committee on Wednesday evening postponed a decision on who will represent Afghanistan and Myanmar at the United Nations, meaning that the Afghan Taliban and the Myanmar military government will not be allowed to enter the international body at this time.
According to Reuters, the nine-member UN Accreditation Committee, which includes Russia, China and the United States, met at its headquarters to review the credentials of all 193 members for the current session of the UN General Assembly.
Several diplomats have told Reuters that the committee is likely to postpone its decisions on representing Afghanistan and Myanmar, as the current ambassadors of both countries remain in those seats.
Sweden’s ambassador to the UN, Anna Karin Enstrرومm, who chairs the committee, told reporters that the decision on Afghanistan had been postponed, but did not comment on whether the current ambassadors to Afghanistan and Myanmar would continue to represent their countries. No, he refused.
Meanwhile, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhand, the prime minister of the interim Taliban government, said in his first speech that the group wanted good relations with the rest of the world, stressing that the occupation of Afghanistan was over.
